The Bible is the most influential book in history. No other book comes close to its print numbers, translations, or the number of lives and even cultures that have been radically changed by it. The message is more important, and more transformative, than anything ever written before or since. But although this book is the ultimate…
I hope you have a happy Christmas, or a merry Christmas if you say it that way, and a happy New Year. I hope your celebrations this month are trouble-free and full of joy, and I hope 2023 is better for you than 2022. Of course there’s probably nothing I can do to actually make…
After a couple of crazy Christmas seasons our Christmas Café and Carols is finally back this December! It will be an international celebration, with stories, songs, and food from Christmas around the world. All are welcome! Sunday, 11 December at 5pm in the Family Resource Centre Donation box on the night in aid of St.…
Here’s an encouraging interview with one of Ireland’s greatest sports legends, Katie Taylor:
In 1998, Eva Cassidy recorded an old spiritual called “Wade in the water”. I was listening to her sing it in my car just recently: Wade in the waterWade in the water, childrenWade in the waterGod’s gonna trouble the water The lyrics are simple, but this water runs deep. As you’d expect from a spiritual,…
When we moved to Ireland, one of the things we noticed was how near we were to shops, schools, meetings, and most things, really. The old streets are laid out with feet in mind, not tyres, so the buildings in towns and villages are close together. Now, I can walk most places, and a lot…
On the 10th of April, we are hosting an event with Dr. Betsy O’Donoghue on dealing with, and helping others deal with, anxiety. Here are the details:
On the ruins of an ancient cathedral in Ardmore, County Waterford, on the south coast of Ireland, there are a series of pictures carved in stone. Each picture tells a story from the Bible, and most of them are still complete enough to be recognisable. Adam and Eve are under a tree, and three wise…
I’ve driven on motorways and interstates and highways, but my favourite name for big roads is freeways. It captures that windows-down-radio-up feeling better than the other words—the speed and freedom of four wheels and a smooth road combined. Freedom to travel. Freedom to move fast. Freedom to stop whenever I want to. It feels good…
Psalm 121 reminds us that God does not “slumber or sleep.” Isaiah tells us that “the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired.” That’s hard to imagine for people like us who spend a quarter of our time on earth (at least) unconscious in…
